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Animals — page 2
Needle Felted Fish
Nothing about a fish body says fish. The fins and tail do all the work, and they only work if the body underneath is a flattened teardrop rather than a sausage.
6 min read Beginner
Needle Felted Deer
A spotted fawn, a doe, a stag or a reindeer are one build with different legs, spots and antlers. What each one needs, the order that keeps the spots crisp, and a flat felt deer you can sew in an evening.
7 min read Intermediate
Needle Felted Cow
A cow face ends in a broad flat pad, wider than the bridge of the nose above it. Taper the face towards the nose instead and you have made a deer in Holstein markings.
7 min read Intermediate
Needle Felted Chicken and Chicks
A chick is two balls of wool and half an hour. A hen is the same two balls with a neck, a tail and a comb. Build them in that order, then make a nest of Easter chicks.
7 min read Beginner
Needle Felted Bear
The highest point of a brown bear is its shoulder, not its head. Build the muscle hump over the shoulder blades, dish the face and pull the snout out long, and it stops being a teddy.
7 min read Intermediate
Wool Locks
Wensleydale, teeswater and other longwool curls are sold as intact locks rather than tops. How to attach them, wash them and use them without losing the curl.
4 min read Intermediate
Needle Felting Fur
Smooth felt looks like felt. Four methods for making a surface that reads as fur, and when each one is the right answer.
5 min read Advanced
Needle Felting Eyes
Eyes are the last thing you add and the first thing anyone looks at. The three types, how to sink them so they belong in the face, and the highlight that brings them alive.
5 min read Intermediate
Needle Felted Sheep
The one animal where the material and the subject are the same thing. How to build the body, and why curly locks beat any amount of needling for the fleece.
4 min read Beginner
Needle Felted Owl
An owl is a rounded cone with a face on the front. Why that makes it the easiest bird to felt, and how the facial disc turns a lump into a barn owl.
4 min read Beginner
Needle Felted Hedgehog
The body takes twenty minutes. The spines take the rest, and there are four ways to make them — only two of which look right.
4 min read Beginner